---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health."
description: "Existing law contains provisions governing the operation and financing of community mental health services in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 465"
citation: "California SB 465 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental health."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57897f99-5de0-4a2f-9de5-a3236888cad7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB465"
source_hash: "a42cee1eb15bbc5cf90913865903e10bfabdd22d1414bd562d963648463662ee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 465 (20212022) — Mental health.

Existing law contains provisions governing the operation and financing of community mental health services in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/16/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB465&version=20210SB46599INT)
2. **03/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB465&version=20210SB46598AMD)
3. **04/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB465&version=20210SB46597AMD)
4. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB465&version=20210SB46596AMD)
5. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB465&version=20210SB46595AMD)
6. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB465&version=20210SB46593CHP)
7. **SB465** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB465)
8. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB465&version=20210SB46594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 465 Eggman Senate Third Reading By Arambula — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB465 Eggman et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB465 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2021-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 876.) (April 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10.
- **2021-05-10** May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1192.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-28** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1350.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** June 30 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2716.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2377.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 544, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57897f99-5de0-4a2f-9de5-a3236888cad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).